He says a friendly, inviting store with a welcoming staff makes a difference, too.

Brantner jokes about how hard the restaurant business is, though.

“We find it’s a lot like aviation,” he says. “To make a small fortune, you have to start with a large one.”

Ken Saville of Landmark Commercial Real Estate and Evan LaRue of John T. Arnold Associates handled the deal for the west-side space.

Doug Brantner says he and his wife looked at the Maple and Ridge Road corridor, where a lot of restaurants have opened in the past year or two, but he says they like the residential areas around Central and Maize Road.